Re: [HACKERS] Readline use in trouble?

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Here is something I read as part of the Alladin Ghostscript 6.0 beta
> release. I must admit I don't understand the logic of the issue. It
> seems the issue is that you can link non-GPL to GPL libraries, but you
> can't distribute the result. Maybe it doesn't apply to us because we
> don't copyright our code.
>
> It seems to suggest that we could be prevented from distributing
> readline in the future. Not sure though.
>
> It sounds like the old US crypto restriction where you couldn't
> distribute software that had hooks in it to add crypto.
>
> Removal of readline would certainly affect psql users.

Now the time has come that the FSF has grown that big that
they try to redefine the meaning of "Free". Next they claim
"Free" is their trademark :-(

I think readline isn't our biggest problem. What about if
they notice that our parser can only be compiled when using
bison, and that we ship the generated output for the case
someone doesn't has bison installed?

Jan

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